When the lights go out, she is the only hope left. Maris has spent her life tending the lanterns along the rugged coast of Cottagewood, helping her father guide ships safely home through fog and storm. The village once whispered doubts about the quiet girl who spoke more to the sea than to people — but when the great harbor lantern fails during a deadly fog, they turn to her. With her father fallen ill and the village in panic, Maris must carry the light alone. Armed with nothing but her courage, her faithful wolfhound Bracken, and a lantern that refuses to dim, she braves the treacherous cliffs to guide every ship struggling toward shore. In the darkness, she discovers something far more precious than what the light reveals — that hope, like a lantern, only truly shines when the night is darkest. "Light isn't the absence of darkness… it's evidence that you are not alone in it."